Connections #1001 Answers
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Here are the answers to NYT Connections #1001 for Sunday, March 8, 2026. The 16 words split into four groups by colour — yellow is easiest, purple the trickiest. The group themes are listed first as hints, then every group is revealed below. Looking for the latest puzzle? See today's Connections.
Hints — the four group themes
- Yellow (easiest): cities
- Green: palindromes
- Blue: horror movies minus "s"
- Purple (hardest): starting with slang for zero
Answers
CITIES
LIMA, NICE, OSAKA, PHOENIX
PALINDROMES
EYE, REFER, ROTATOR, SELES
HORROR MOVIES MINUS "S"
GREMLIN, JAW, SINNER, TREMOR
STARTING WITH SLANG FOR ZERO
JACKET, NADAL, SQUATTER, ZIPPER
Previous Connections answers
- #1000 — $1, "wherefore art thou romeo?", words before "castle", where you might make a connection
- #999 — freeloader, concealing cover, ways one might refer to #, words for lucidity, in the singular
- #998 — bits of hardware, places where ideas are developed, go back and forth, what "sub" might refer to
- #997 — pursue, sportsmanlike, classic kid gifts, "___ girl" titles
- #996 — "big" things, be adjacent to, seen in a closet, starting with synonyms for "speedy"
- #995 — gymnastics apparatus, status, baseball calls, ___ chicken
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